Bill HangDental Practitioner, Lecturer at OrthO2Health

Kevin Adair DDS MSD - Case Reviews

26 Jan 2021 · 1 min

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In this segment of the "Kevin Adair DDS MSD - Case Reviews" video, the speaker (Bill Hang) highlights the concept of reopening extraction spaces—a technique originally developed by Bill. He explains that while the term suggests the patient has had extractions, the underlying philosophy and methods can also be applied to patients who have experienced retraction or have had no prior orthodontic treatment. The discussion emphasizes that many individuals suffer from related issues regardless of extraction history, and understanding this approach enables clinicians to address a broader range of cases.

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Well, the main one is reopening extraction spaces. But that's just, I mean, that's sort of the big highlight that Bill sort of developed and started with. And, you know, extraction, retraction, regret syndrome, the opposite is to reopen those spaces that were extracted, which is fantastic. But there's a lot of people out there that are suffering that have never had an extraction. They might have had just retraction or even no orthodontics at all. And you're going to use the same philosophy and similar techniques once you understand them to be able to help them as well. So So the name kind of implies you've had an extraction, but not everybody that's— not everybody that's suffering has had an extraction.